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Swimrun is a multiple-stage sport that involves participants running and swimming on a point-to-point race course. The original swimrun race, Ötillö, took place in Sweden in 2006, on the Stockholm archipelago. Ötillö means ‘islandto-island’, and it sees athletes journey across and between 24 islands by swimming and running. All events take place around lakes, lochs, or on the coast, with run sections across islands or along the shore. Typically, competitors race in pairs, tethered together – and they don’t change clothes in transitions, as in other multisport events.

SWIMRUN EVENTS GUIDE

• Swedish Ötillö (otilloswimrun.se)

• Rockman Swimrun (rockmanswimrun.com)

• Hokey Cokey Swimrun (madhattersportsevents.co.uk)

• Breca Swimrun (brecaswimrun.com)

• Swimrun Loch Lomond (komevents.com)

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